Machine for bending wood



(No Model.)

s. SWART Z. MACHINE FOR BENDING WOOD.

No. 544,754. Patnwd Aug. 20, 1895.

UNTT D. STATES PATENT Orrrca.

SAMUEL SIVARTZ, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

MACHINE FOR BEND ING WOOD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 544,754, dated August20, 1895. Application filed May 10, 1895. Serial No. 548,811. (No modeli) To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL SWARTZ, a citizen of the United States,residing at Detroit, in the county of Wayne and State of Michigan,haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Machines for BendingWood,

of which the following is a specification.

Myinvention relates to machines for bendin g wood; and it consists in anovel construction of the same, as hereinafter set forth and 26 jectingfrom the shaft, the construction and arrangement of the parts being suchthat when the shaft is rocked or oscillated the upper die will be movedtoward and from the lower die.

Secured to the end of the shaft D is a large wheel G, which is providedwith suitable handles II, and a long arm I having lateral eX- tensions JJ at its outer end, the said arm and its extensions forming a foot restor support upon which the operator may stand. The

and bend the 'wood it will be in such a posi tion that the operator mayreadily step upon it and throw his whole weight into the bendingoperation, the great leverage exerted by the application of say, onehundred and fifty pounds to the end of the long arm, rendering thebending operation easy and certain without increasing the time or laborrequired.

I do not wish to limit myself to the particular form of press shown, asit is obvious that the invention can be applied to other styles andforms. of bending-presses.

The form of the foot-rest may also be modified according to the taste ofthe designer.

What I claim is A wheel for use in connection with bending presses andthe like, having a series of handles, and a long arm or lever providedwith a footrest, said handles and lever being ar- 50 ranged around theperiphery of the wheel.

In witness whereof I hereunto set my hand in the presence of twowitnesses.

SAMUEL SWARTZ. Witnesses: G. R. SWARTZ,

D. H. MICHAUD.

arm I is so arranged relatively to the other 30 parts that when the diesbegin to press upon

